Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


by |. FL. Kedzie, is an illustrated volume,
published under the general title, Specu-
lations.' SO far as our reading of the book
has extended, il proves to us of much in
terest. The more 50, as the author takes
issue with some of the most accepted scien-
titic doctrines of the day. Kedzie fortifies
his own positions by quotations from New
ton, Faraday, Professor Young. Henry
Secchi, Langley, and others. He intro
duces the thought regarding sun spots that
the photosphere, with its umbral and
penumbral strata, lying in immediate con-
tact with the nucleus, is part of
phere. though of vaporous or
cloud-lke texture. This photosphere,
he maintains, is the fountain of all the
suns radiations, and must therefore be the
portion cooled most rapidly. 1t must, then
have an ample source of supply independ-
ent OF the internal heat of the sun. He
therefore concludes that the SUMS loss by
radiation is supplied from other suns in a
perpetual round. The expression that the
planets are family group, and the sun
their father Is, he holds. not so much
figure of rhetoric as literal fact. There is
strong reason for believing that the whole
solar system is of common origin and
nature, though at the present time not a
common condition. All the heat lost by
|.the planets is radiated from their outer sur
faces, and all received is from the sun
and other celestial bodies. Now, saws
kedzie, analogy would teach us the same
thing is true of the sun, if only we could
lind any adequate source from which this
heat could come. 1t is impossible to look
for 1t from the suns interior, for if unsup-
piled without the sun would cool down
with rapidity proportioned to the loss
The process of reasoning by which he
shows that there is no lack of abundant
supplies of light and heat accessible to the
sun exteriorily to supply all its loss by ra-
diation, is profoundly interesting. Chicago,
5. G. Griggs & Co.; Sacramento, C. S.
Houghton.
The first work concerning Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher since his death, is entitled
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit" 1t is
a collection of paragraphs, epigrams and
crisp sayings from the lectures and ESSAYS
and sermons of the great preacher, and is
by VIM Drysdale, who says the work was
begun nearly ten years ago under the guild
ance and at the suggestion of Mr. Beecher,
who had revised about one-third of it to
the time of his death. 1t is compact vol
ume OF brilliant sayings. The one fault to
be found with it is that there has beenjleft in
the book too much, with the result of not
few paragraphs meeting the eye that can
not take rank of a high order, either as
original thoughts or as happy standing
atone. But there are enough of pearls and
gems OF truth and rare thought and brill
liant expressions to make the book very de-
sirable, as a mental stimulant and a sug-
gester of lines of thought. New York, d.
Appleton & Co.; S vo, cloth.
The F" Forum for August, edited by L.
5. Metcalf and published by the Forum
Publishing Company, New York, presents
eleven papers of exceeding interest. +" The
Return of the Republican Party" Gov
ernor J. B. Foraker; Has Ireland a
Grievance ?" Lord Bramwell THE For
gotten Cause of Poverty" Rev Dr. Howard
Crosby; Books That Have Helped Me-"
Edward Eggleston; IAN Outside View of
Is the Object of Life?" w. H. Mallock
The Choice of an Occupation, Rev. DR..
Edward L. Hale; Alcohol in High Lati-
tudes," General A. w. Greeley; Why
We Have No Great Artists John D.
Champlin, Jr. THE Progress of Co-eluca-
ton" Rev. Dr. G. F. Deems; Conditions
of Indus, rial Peace" Professor Richard 7.
Ely.
Lawn Tennis as Game of Skill by
Lieutenant 8. F. Peile, is the title of a eat
handbook edited by r D. Sears, and is
sued by Chas. Scribner's Sons. New York
in flexible cloth, for 75 cents 12mo form
San Francisco the Bancroft Company.
The extent to which the game of lawn
tennis has come to be played and the extra
ordinary popularity which the fascinating
sport has acquired, Justify the issue of
new edition of this handy manual of the
game, which tells the beginner how he can
become a proficient player and contains
many suggestions by which the expert can
profit. The book contains special chap
ter for the instruction of ladies and is
the sort of book, simple. lucid, and
authoritative which should be in the hands
of every tennis player.
The North American Review" for
August New York., edited by Allen
Thorndyl1e Rice, has these papers State
Interference" by Prof. N. G.. Sumner
= The Queen of England by Moncure D.
Conway Open Letter to Ingersoll," by
Rev. II. NJ. Field Sedentary Men and
Stimulants," by Dr. Searle Z" Coaueliu-
Irving" by Dion Boucicault; Old Times
on the Western Reserve" by Edmund
Kirke 8 Payment of the National Debt
by General A. S. Piatt q" Health Insur-
ance," by DR.. Hutchinson The New
Know Nothingism and the DID, by Rev.
Edward McGlynn. D. D.; Claims Against
the Government by w. A. Phillips
" The Coming Producers Party by Sam
uel Leavitt :" An American Penal Colony"
Public Schools" by Judge w. T. S. Keller.
g The Magazine of American History
illustrated, edited by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb.
New York. is at hand for August. The
frontispiece is a fine engraving of the pic
ture in Sydenham Palace of the presenta-
ton Of the Arctic ship Resolute to the
Queen of England. An interesting article
accompanies it. The First Newspaper
West of the Allegbanies," I" +" Latrobe Corn
stalk Column Origin OF the Federal
Constitution" Indian Land Grants in
Western Massachusetts, re-. Lafayettes Visit
to Missouri and number of minor
papers Of historic interest, with notes and
queries and reviews. constitute the body of
this most excellnet magazine.
How to be Witty. or Old Saws with
New Teeth" is the title of an illustrated
pamphlet by Ingersoll Lockwood Irwin
lingham, New York. and for sale By the
Bancroft Company, San Francisco. The
author does not claim that the book will
teach one how to be witty, but does claim
that its reading will profit anyone. Our
idea is that Longmsn could have better
served the world and himself by not writ
ing or printing his book. The only good
thing in it is the lecture on wit, which con-
tains some keen sentences and some witty
wis dom.
" How to Travel is described by that
prince of travellers, Thos. W. Knox, whose
tours the world around have given title
and body to many attractive VOLUMES. In
this pocket volume Mr.. Knox tells how to
travel and prepare for travel with comfort
and economy il alt parts OF the world.
Every detail is laid bare and every possible
emergency foreseen outside of accidents.